The open library and its enemies

The open library and its enemies

In the age of electronics an open society – one in which questions can be asked, where critical thinking is not just permitted but encouraged and where investigation rather than ideology is used to seek out the truth about the world (the open society according to Karl Popper) – has also to be an ope...

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Main Author: Bill Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2014-11-01
Series:Insights: The UKSG Journal
Online Access:http://insights.uksg.org/articles/207
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